designing the future of portfolio-based, connected elearning

Designing the Future

of Portfolio-Based, Connected

eLearning

Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D.Northeastern University, Graduate School of Education

College of Professional Studies

https://northeastern.digication.com/gails_eportfoliohttp://neu.mcnrc.org

Today

• The Crystal Ball

• Designing for Connections

• National Resources

The Crystal Ball

If connected learning is the future, what skills and abilities will next generation learning designers need in order to help shape and create that future?

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Thoughts From This Group

Connected Learning Designers: Characteristics & Capabilities #CLDCC

Next Gen Learning Designers need to …Understand how to generate affect and connection virtuallyUnderstand how to be creative and live out of the boxAbility to inspire students to take advantage of informal, collaborative learning strategies … in virtual environmentsHow adults learn digitallyTo have done what they’re talking about, have had a connected learning experience from the student perspective

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Our Best Guess … Based on Lots of Conversations

Masters of Education

• Systems Thinker

• Communicator

• Creative Problem Solver

• Culturally Responsive

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eLearning Design

• Professional Expertise

• Contextual Cognizance

• Leadership and Vision

Case Study: M.Ed. By The Numbers

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Size ~470 Active Students

Profile +60% attend part time

Format 100% fully online

Concentrations 4

Gender 73% female

Region 56% in state, 44% out of state

Program Development: Backwards Design

The M.Ed. program at Northeastern develops educators with the skills and intellectual acumen to be effective, to question systemic norms, and to anticipate and shape a more equitable, globally connected society.

The eLearning concentration equips graduates to anticipate and shape the future of next generation connected learning within a technology rich landscape.

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Designing for Connections… Distinguishing Features

Intentional: Mission and Competencies

Reflective: ePortfolio, professional development/presence

Cohesive: Gateway + courses designed in relationship

Authentic: Signature Assignments, Experiential Learning

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Designing for Connections





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ePortfolios are decidedly not the hottest thing in

higher education.

Randy BassPeer Review

201411

ePortfolios: What They Are

Portfolio

purposeful collection + student work + reflection

(Paulson, F.L. Paulson, P.R. and Meyer, 1991)

ePortfolio = all of the above …

+ web-based + multiple formats and media + links, non-linear pathways + capacity to share with a larger audience

(Polklop, 2013)

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The technology of ePortfolios, though enabling or inhibiting, is not the crux of the “it” that makes ePortfolios effective.

ePortfolios are at heart a set of pedagogies and practices that link learners to learning, curriculum to the co-curriculum, and courses and programs to institutional outcomes. - Randy Bass, Peer Review Winter 2014

“The Next Whole Thing in Higher Education”

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220 Case Studies and Practices AvailableOnline

http://c2l.mcnrc.org

ePortfolioEvidence

ImprovementCorrelation

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ePortfolioEvidence

IntensifierEffect

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eLID Curriculum

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Foundation Courses

Ed as Field of Study

How People Learn

Models for Learning Design

Professional Learning

Plan

Learning Portfolio Showcase Portfolio

Experiential Learning Proposal

Connecting Theory with

Practice

Review PortfolioPlan Project

Design as Collab. Profession

Social Media

Open Learning

Tech. as Medium for Learning

Capstone

Revise/Present Work to Others

Professional Portfolio

Experiential Learning

Work

Professional Integration & Presence

eLID Curriculum

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Showcase Portfolio



Practice



Social Media

Open Learning


Capstone




Work



Plan

Foundation Courses


How People Learn


Learning Portfolio

Personalized & Transparent Expectations

“I am at a changing point in my career … I am now leading the team to move our corporate learning models to online learning modalities …

Although this is an exciting project, this also is a time where I need to consider my next professional steps.” + Professional

Learning Plan

eLID Curriculum

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Foundation Courses


How People Learn



Plan

Showcase Portfolio


Social Media

Open Learning


Capstone




Work




Practice


Learning Portfolio

Student Voices

MIKE W.

“I am very pleased with my group project results — even more so that we could take the module we developed and, with very little tweaking, put it to use in our own settings. … I have an opportunity to play a pivotal role in redefining education at my workplace. I’m very grateful for the knowledge I received and the two colleagues and Professor who helped shape my knowledge in this area.”

eLID Curriculum

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Foundation Courses


How People Learn



Plan

Showcase Portfolio



Practice


Capstone





Work

Design as a Collaborative

Profession

Social Media

Open Learning

Technology as Medium for

Learning

Learning Portfolio

Signature Assignment: Visible Thinking“I look forward to revisiting this later in the program to see how I have evolved in my thinking about learning.”

Student Voices

STEPHANIE H.

“I am able to share my learning in a colorful, creative way. This format allows me to bring words to life, allowing my reader to see inside my journey and not just words on a paper … Some images and videos I chose to include convey meanings that are otherwise hard to capture. Through my voice you hear my passion and purpose for my work.”

eLID Curriculum

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Foundation Courses


How People Learn



Plan

Showcase Portfolio



Practice



Social Media

Open Learning



Work


Capstone



Learning Portfolio

Student Voices

TAMARA D.

“It was an opportunity to integrate my personality with my education, a space where I could gather my thoughts and memorialize them. The process of entering that information reinforced what I learned and enhanced my ability to reflect on my experience. I had a place to contain my knowledge that sometimes, honestly, can escape me!”

eLID Curriculum

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Foundation Courses


How People Learn



Plan

Learning Portfolio



Practice



Social Media

Open Learning


Capstone

Revise/Present Work to Public



Work


Showcase Portfolio

Connected Learning Integrates

• Evidence with reflection

• Assessment with purpose

• Experiences inside and outside of school

• Personal and professional growth

• Authentic work for academic and non-academic purposes and audiences

• Learning across time, places, and people

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Organizations

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Thank You!

Gail Matthews-DeNatale

Northeastern Graduate School of Education Senior Faculty

Concentration Lead for the M.Ed. in eLearning Design

[email protected]

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